Short Vowel Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (Find the middle sound): Say the word in three parts: p – i – g. The middle sound is the vowel: a (cat), e (hen), i (pig), o (dog), u (sun). Try each vowel in the gap: only one makes the word in the picture.
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- 1.Which picture has the same middle sound as “lip”? (a) bin (b) dot (c) red
- 2.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) van (b) net (c) bus
- 3.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) bus (b) pen (c) log
- 4.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bug”? (a) red (b) sun (c) dot
- 5.🦊 f _ x — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) u
- 6.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) tub (b) lip (c) can
- 7.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) tap (b) web (c) box
- 8.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) cup (b) pig (c) bed
- 9.Which picture has the same middle sound as “leg”? (a) rat (b) bed (c) hug
- 10.🐛 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) u
- 11.Which picture has the letter “o” in the middle? (a) log (b) zip (c) pan
- 12.🐱 c _ t — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 13.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bed”? (a) red (b) fox (c) map
- 14.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) van (b) tub (c) lip
- 15.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) gem (b) bat (c) lip
- 16.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cup”? (a) bus (b) dog (c) can
- 17.Which picture has the same middle sound as “bat”? (a) bag (b) pin (c) dog
- 18.🦵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) a (c) e
- 19.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) dot (b) ten (c) van
- 20.Which picture has the letter “u” in the middle? (a) sun (b) fox (c) pin
- 21.Which picture has the letter “a” in the middle? (a) bag (b) six (c) ten
- 22.Which picture has the same middle sound as “fox”? (a) bin (b) gem (c) log
- 23.👄 l _ p — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) e (c) a
- 24.Which picture has the letter “e” in the middle? (a) cap (b) box (c) leg
- 25.Which picture has the same middle sound as “six”? (a) nut (b) pin (c) box
- 26.🪵 l _ g — which letter is missing? (a) i (b) o (c) a
- 27.🦇 b _ t — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) e
- 28.🥫 c _ n — which letter is missing? (a) o (b) e (c) a
- 29.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dot”? (a) hat (b) lip (c) log
- 30.Which picture has the same middle sound as “web”? (a) dot (b) bed (c) hug
- 31.🐶 d _ g — which letter is missing? (a) a (b) o (c) i
- 32.Which picture has the same middle sound as “dog”? (a) log (b) sun (c) zip
- 33.🤐 z _ p — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) i (c) a
- 34.Which picture has the same middle sound as “cat”? (a) bat (b) hen (c) tub
- 35.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) net (b) pig (c) pan
- 36.Which picture has the letter “i” in the middle? (a) tap (b) lip (c) hen
- 37.Which picture has the same middle sound as “sun”? (a) gem (b) nut (c) pig
- 38.Which picture has the same middle sound as “red”? (a) ten (b) six (c) cup
- 39.👜 b _ g — which letter is missing? (a) e (b) a (c) u
- 40.Which picture has the same middle sound as “tap”? (a) ten (b) cap (c) run
Answer key
- bin
- van
- pen
- sun
- o
- can
- web
- bed
- bed
- u
- log
- a
- red
- tub
- gem
- bus
- bag
- e
- ten
- sun
- bag
- log
- i
- leg
- pin
- o
- a
- a
- log
- bed
- o
- log
- i
- bat
- pig
- lip
- nut
- ten
- a
- cap
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